• Special ops group resupplies Sendai

    Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group delivered releif supplies  to Sendai Airport and resupplied their forward deployed forces with much-needed supplies and personnel March 19.The Airmen have been working around the clock at Sendai Airport since members of the 320th Special Tactics

  • SOG Airmen continue relief efforts at Sendai

    Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group from Kadena Air Base, Japan, are continuing to provide a wide array of support to further relief efforts here. After helping reopen the runway March 16, Airmen from the group also assisted Japanese emergency management and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

  • Combined rescue crew delivers relief supplies

    A combined crew of rescue Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, and 33rd Rescue Squadron delivered food, water and medical supplies to Kessenuma City from here March 20 in support of Operation Tomodachi.Kessenuma City experienced massive destruction from the earthquake and tsunami that

  • Combat Shadow crew transports Marines to Yamagata

    Airmen from the 17th Special Operations Squadron transported Marines from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, and relief supplies on a MC-130P Combat Shadow here March 19. The Marines were transported to Yamagata Airport in support of Operation Tomodachi.So far, Airmen the 353rd Special Operations

  • Combat Shadow crew conducts refueling in support of Operation Tomodachi

    An MC-130P Combat Shadow crew from the 17th Special Operations Squadron successfully refueled four HH-60 helicopters conducting search and rescue operations off the shores of northeastern Japan, March 18. The Shadow crew left here in the late morning to fly to Matsushima Airfield, which reopened

  • Kadena Airmen 'fuel' relief efforts at Japanese airport

    Airmen from the 17th Special Operations Squadron and a 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron Forward Area Refueling Point, or FARP, Team delivered and offloaded 36,000 pounds of fuel from an MC-130P Combat Shadow here March 17.Members of the FARP team site to offload fuel to storage devices or other

  • Combat controllers, JASDF work together to open airfield

    A team of combat controllers from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron from Kadena Air Base joined forces with airmen from the Japan Air Self Defense Force here March 16 to reopen the airfield to support relief operations.JASDF airmen worked around the clock for the previous two days to clear the

  • Special Ops Airmen move cargo into newly opened airfield

    Airmen from the 17th Special Operations Squadron delivered water, food, fuel and other general supplies to the members of the 353rd Special Operations Group forward deployed to Sendai Airport March 16.The crew flew an MC-130P Combat Shadow and became only the second fixed-wing aircraft to land at

  • SOG Airmen open two strategic runways for relief operations

    Airmen and aircraft from the 353rd Special Operations Group have assisted Japanese officials in opening two key runways to support relief operations in Northern Japan March 16.Facilities and airfields at Matsushima Air Base and Sendai Airport were damaged by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and

  • Airmen and Marines carry out survey mission

    Airlift leadership and a joint team of U.S. Air Force and Marine search and rescue members, flew on a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron here March 13 to conduct surveys of damaged areas and meet with Japanese officials to discuss plans for possible missions in the future. They